Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent
by Mick Jackson
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Actor: Ed Lauter, Edwin M. Adams, Josef Sommer, Oleg Rudnik, Tommy Lee JonesDirector: Mick Jackson
Brand: JONES,TOMMY LEE
Cinematographer: David Feig
Editor: Jim Latham
Producer: David Elstein
Producer: David Streit
Producer: Graham Massey
Writer: Stephen Davis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent
Movie Review: Docudrama based on real events in the CIA/KGB war
Summary: 5 Stars
Based largely on declassified transcripts, this is a very well-done reconstruction of the events surrounding a major scandal that ripped apart the CIA in the 1960s and 1970s. James Angleton was then chief of counter-intelligence, and after his close friend Kim Philby defected to the Soviet Union, Angleton grew increasingly obsessed with finding other Soviet moles in the highest ranks of U.S. intelligence. One defector (Golitsyn) played into the fears of the hawks by emphasizing the seriousness of the Soviet threat; another defector (Nosenko) insisted there was no serious threat. Following closely on the heals of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Kennedy assassination, the choice on whom to believe carried serious implications for U.S. security. In an unsuccessful effort to break Nosenko, Angleton and his staff put Nosenko into solitary confinement for almost three years--and though major inconsistencies were uncovered in Nosenko's story, he was never broken. In the course of the investigation, Angleton's drive to uncover the Soviet mole(s) in the CIA ruined the careers of more than forty people; the scandal that followed led to Angleton's dismissal, and the CIA's inclination to wash its hands of HUMINT (human intelligence sources) in favor of SIGINT (technology-driven intelligence). This opened the way for later Soviet infiltrations (Walker, Ames, Hansen), but also set an unfortunate precedent--the CIA's distrust of HUMINT--that seriously undermined U.S. security in the post-Cold War era.
For more details, see the CIA's dlecassifed version: http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/95unclass/Cram.html
Summary of Yuri Nosenko: Double Agent
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: PG
Release Date: 20-JAN-2004
Media Type: DVD
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